Possible?

[sattainon]

I just wanted to make sure the following things were possible/impossible so I know what I can/cannot do with them in RPG maker XP.


1.)Advanced "Job" system.
----> You'd be able to get jobs from people in towns to earn points with them, depending on how you treat people in the game and if you can get jobs done, you either get more/better/harder jobs or you don't.

2.)Advanced "Alignment" system.
----> Basically what it says, tons of actions in the game move your alignment towards Evil or Good. AS you move through each scale, you gain certain skills/weapons/party members/quests that you wouldn't gain without X amount on that certain alignment. (so like, negative numbers would be evil, positive good, 0 would be neutral and have it's own things.)

3.)Advanced "Class" system
----> Again, what it says. The ability to, at a certain level and at a certain place, become say, a warrior or thief. Only, with different names. Possibilities endless but still. Each would have it's own skills and things Advantages/Disadvantages.

4.)Advanced "NPC" system
---> The ability to interact with NPC's, tons. Like, they would recognize you if they know you, etc. At certain "Evil" alignment levels, you could battle them and kill them, etc.

5.)"Familiar" system
----> Something like a familiar that follows you (you can maybe see it when you walk around) and helps you in fights automatically?


Anyways, Iunno if this is all possible, but my hopes are that if they all are, I could find people to help me use 'em to integrate into the game, etc.

 

[Unka Josh]

I just wanted to make sure the following things were possible/impossible so I know what I can/cannot do with them in RPG maker XP.

An awful lot is possible. Sometimes it comes down to how much work you want to do, of course.

1.)Advanced "Job" system.
----> You'd be able to get jobs from people in towns to earn points with them, depending on how you treat people in the game and if you can get jobs done, you either get more/better/harder jobs or you don't.

Yes, definitely. Study the proper use of Event Pages, Conditional Branches, Switches, and Variables.

2.)Advanced "Alignment" system.
----> Basically what it says, tons of actions in the game move your alignment towards Evil or Good. AS you move through each scale, you gain certain skills/weapons/party members/quests that you wouldn't gain without X amount on that certain alignment. (so like, negative numbers would be evil, positive good, 0 would be neutral and have it's own things.)

Easily. See the note above.

3.)Advanced "Class" system
----> Again, what it says. The ability to, at a certain level and at a certain place, become say, a warrior or thief. Only, with different names. Possibilities endless but still. Each would have it's own skills and things Advantages/Disadvantages.

Yep. Simpler than the other stuff, actually-- Change Actor Class is a one-line command.

4.)Advanced "NPC" system
---> The ability to interact with NPC's, tons. Like, they would recognize you if they know you, etc. At certain "Evil" alignment levels, you could battle them and kill them, etc.

This is actually pretty much identical to the previous stuff, if you come down to it. You can make your system as complex as you're willing to do the work for.

Of course, there aren't any shortcuts here.

5.)"Familiar" system
----> Something like a familiar that follows you (you can maybe see it when you walk around) and helps you in fights automatically?

On the surface, sounds possible. The specifics depend on exactly what you want it to do.

Anyways, Iunno if this is all possible, but my hopes are that if they all are, I could find people to help me use 'em to integrate into the game, etc.

It's all possible. But what do you mean by "help you"? Some of what you're asking for is very complex event systems that you really need to design for yourself. Be more specific about what you want and I'll see what I can do.

 

[sattainon]

Well, what I meant by help me is that once I do finally get this up and running I am going to need to look for people to help me and stuff. I can learn fast but at the same time, there are some things I won't be able to do. :s

 

[Unka Josh]

Fair enough-- do try to work things out on your own where you can, but don't hesitate to ask questions.

Just bear in mind that it's easy to answer a question where you know exactly what you want.